Evotek Winchester Harddisk

[Oliver Lehmann]

Tom Gardner <t.gardner at computer.org> wrote:

> Sorry If I didn't make myself clear, I am suggesting one never  
> acquire an Evotek drive today other than perhaps as an historical  
> curiosity.
>
>
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> The Finch was a short lived 8-inch HDD that went up to 42 MB  
> unformatted BUT according to Disk/Trend It did not use an ST506  
> interface but instead came with this  variety of interfaces: Finch,  
> LDI, SMD or SA1000!  So your problem is likely to be finding a drive  
> that matches the interface of yr controller card.   Some possibilities
>
> ·         Finch interface was available on certain CDC Wren 5½-inch  
> models, e.g. 9415
>

 From what I understood in the Zilog System 8000 manuals, it is the
Finch interface.

http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/zilog/s8000/03-3237-04_hwRef_Dec82.pdf

Page 33 - Drive Performance Characterstics
Page 47 - Pinout of the WDC-Controller Disk Connector
Page 65-69 - Describing Driver Configurations


Here are pictures of harddisks used in the System 8000:

http://pics.pofo.de/gallery3/index.php/S8000/Harddisk


And this is the so called "FINCH Adapter Board" used in the S8000:

http://pics.pofo.de/gallery3/index.php/S8000/S8000_boards/FINCH-Adapter-Board